What’s the deal with all these airplane crashes?

What’s the deal with all these airplane crashes?

Source: The Verge First, let’s lay out the facts. Four commercial jet crashes have occurred in the last 10 weeks: Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 on Christmas Day; Jeju Air Flight 7C2216 on December 29th; American Airlines Flight 5342 on January 29th; and Delta Connection Flight 4819 on February 17th. There have been several private airplane…

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The FAA will be forced to oversee the investigation of a fatal plane crash without a chief administrator.

The FAA will be forced to oversee the investigation of a fatal plane crash without a chief administrator.

Source: The Verge The Federal Aviation Administration is facing its first major aviation disaster in 16 years without a leader because Elon Musk helped push him out. Michael Whitaker stepped down as FAA administrator on January 20th, the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration, after clashing with Elon Musk, who’s company SpaceX is regulated by the…

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Spirit Airlines rejects another takeover offer from Frontier

Spirit Airlines rejects another takeover offer from Frontier

Source: The Verge Spirit Airlines has rejected yet another acquisition bid from Frontier, which would’ve merged the two companies to create the fifth-largest airline in the US, as reported earlier by Reuters. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Spirit called Frontier’s deal ”woefully insufficient financially” compared to the $2.9 billion agreement tossed…

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